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Heat center Bam Adebayo joins fight for justice for Breonna Taylor

Miami Heat center Bam Adebayo uses media interview session to speak out against the death of Breonna Taylor
Heat center Bam Adebayo joins fight for justice for Breonna Taylor
Heat center Bam Adebayo joins fight for justice for Breonna Taylor

Miami Heat center Bam Adebayo decided to use his platform to speak out against the death of Breonna Taylor.

Taylor, who was black, was killed March 13 during a botched raid by Louisville police officers. No charges have been filed. Adebayo used his media session Monday to call out Kentucky attorney general Daniel Cameron.

"Hold on, before we start this, I just want to say this interview won't go any further because all my answers will be about Daniel Cameron making a response to us about the justice for Breonna Taylor and arresting those cops and holding them accountable," Adebayo said.

Adebayo spent the entire nearly three-minute interview session speaking on social justice issues.

"I feel like I've built big enough platform and still building my platform for us to get justice for Breonna Taylor," Adebayo said.

Adebayo said the Heat are planning other ways to express the message but refused to go into detail.

"We do have something in mind," Adebayo said. "We're doing all this so Daniel Cameron can know what he needs to do to get justice for Breonna Taylor."

Adebayo has been among the league's most vocal players to speak on social justice issues, including the deaths of George Floyd and Ahmaud Arbery. Both black men died during racially-charged incidents.

"Because we aren't getting justice for Breona Taylor," Adebayo said as to why he continues to speak on it. "Daniel Cameron needs to respond to the NBA. We're going to keep holding onto that as an NBA family."

Adebayo ended the interview by saying, "Black Lives Matter, people."

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SHANDEL RICHARDSON

Shandel has covered the NBA since 2010, with previous stops at The Athletic and South Florida Sun-Sentinel. He has covered six NBA Finals, one Super Bowl, the NCAA basketball tournament. He has also been a beat writer for the Miami Hurricanes and contributed on every major beat in South Florida since 2003, including the Miami Dolphins and Miami Marlins. He can also be read in the Sportsbook Review for gambling coverage from around the NBA. A native of Bloomington, Illinois, Shandel attended Southern Illinois University in Carbondale. He's also worked for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and Kansas City Star. TWITTER: @ShandelRich EMAIL: shandelrich@gmail.com You can subscribe to our YouTube channel here Follow all of our Miami Heat coverage on Facebook here